Gottlieb Ferdinand Albert Alexis Graf von Haeseler (January 19, 1836 – October 25, 1919) was a German

Germany

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 military officer of the Imperial Wilhelmine

Wilhelmine

Wilhelmine is a term for the period of German history, also known as the German Empire. The term Wilhelmine Germany refers to the period running from the proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Kaiser at Versailles in 1871 to the abdication of his grandson Wilhelm II in 1918.Although the father of...

 period, with final rank

Military rank

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 of Generalfeldmarschall

Generalfeldmarschall

Field Marshal or Generalfeldmarschall in German, was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire; in the Austrian Empire, the rank Feldmarschall was used...

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Biography

Haeseler was born in Potsdam

Potsdam

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 to August Alexis Eduard Haeseler and Albertine von Schönermark. He entered the Prussian army

Prussian Army

The Royal Prussian Army was the army of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was vital to the development of Brandenburg-Prussia as a European power.The Prussian Army had its roots in the meager mercenary forces of Brandenburg during the Thirty Years' War...

 as Lieutenant in 1853 and became aide-de-camp

Aide-de-camp

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 of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia in 1860. He served in the Danish-Prussian War (1864), the Austro-Prussian War

Austro-Prussian War

The Austro-Prussian War was a war fought in 1866 between the German Confederation under the leadership of the Austrian Empire and its German allies on one side and the Kingdom of Prussia with its German allies and Italy on the...

 (1866), and the Franco-Prussian War

Franco-Prussian War

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 (1870–71). From 1879 he headed the military history department of the general staff, and from 1890-1903 he was General of the Cavalry and head of the 16th Army Corps

XVI Army Corps (Germany)

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 in Metz

Metz

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. In 1905 he received the rank of a Generalfeldmarschall. From 1903 he was member of the Prussian House of Lords

Prussian House of Lords

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 and worked for the development of the vocational school system. Haeseler died in Harnekop.

Among other things, the barracks

Barracks

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 of the paratrooper

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 battalion

Battalion

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 No. 261 in Lebach

Lebach

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/Saar are named after Haeseler.